I’m part of the team bringing Steampunk to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. The project is called “Longitude Punk’d”, and it’s part of the bicentenary of Longitude. There MAY be an element of the Clockwork Watch story embedded in the year long celebrations.

As with most of my stories, there’s always a living element. In Clockwork Watch, we host live events just before the launch of a new graphic novel.

These immersive and theatrical storytelling experiences give participants a chance to live, and explore the narrative in first person. It also encourages people to bring their own characters to life in our make believe world.

So far we have hosted “Tomorrow’s World… Today!”, the “Advancement of Sciences Roadshow” at Latitude 2012, and “Clockwork Underworld”.

We plan to host several outside London, including the USA before the project ends.

More films, photographs, and the production story are available on Anachronauts Digest, our production blog.

I can confirm that there will be nine (9) books in the Clockwork Watch series. The books can be purchased from the Clockwork Watch online shop

The Story:
When British Society is promised something new, Her Majesty Queen Victoria appoints a group of esteemed scientists to create a brighter future. They look to an Indian visionary for help, Chan Ranbir, a Kinetic Engineer from Calcutta University, a man with a dreams of a clockwork world.

Clockwork Watch: The Arrival is the story of Janav Ranbir, an 8-year old Indian boy, who arrives in London with his parents, only to find himself in a world where Clockwork Servants are de rigour.

Clockwork Watch: The Arrival

The Story:
Twenty years after the events in The Arrival, Janav Ranbir is a troubled man. The one person who acted as his moral compass – his mother – has passed away, and Janav blames his father for putting work on Clockwork automata above family.

Clockwork Watch: Breakaway

The Story:
Meet Ervin the first Clock to gain sentience after accidentally falling into a fermentation tank at the Hodgson Brewery. It fictionalises the origins of a popular drink called Indian Pale Ale.

It’s always great when one of your projects gets some recognition, and I would like to thank Scott Walker of Shared Storyworlds for interviewing me about Clockwork Watch, my latest Transmedia film project.

“Shared Storyworlds explores new models, frameworks, and best practices for creating, curating, sustaining, and maintaining collaborative entertainment properties which invite audiences to participate in the co-creation of the world and ideally rewards them for doing so.”